Hi Nick: My package (gdalUtils) are just straight-wrappers for the GDAL Utilities ( http://www.gdal.org/gdal_utilities.html) -- I've got most of the non-python ones finished. rgdal contain low-level bindings to GDAL and Python ( http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rgdal/index.html), but are missing quite a few functions that the GDAL Utilities contain. On top of that, rgdal uses a compiled version of some of the GDAL libraries that is missing quite a bit of functionality, particularly on Windows boxes -- most notably, HDF4/5 support. My package does not contain a GDAL install, it searches for one that a user installed themselves (typically via OSGeo4W/QGIS), so provides more flexibility in variations in GDAL installations.
rgdal and gdalUtils are complementary packages, mind you. rgdal is used quite a bit by other packages for providing various raster functionality. I'm simply filling in some of the gaps in rgdal's capabilities. --j On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Nick Ves <vesni...@gmail.com> wrote: > sounds really cool. > > One question though: Whats the difference between gdalUtils and rgdal? > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Jonathan Greenberg <j...@illinois.edu> > wrote: > > GDALers: > > > > I'm working with a colleague on a new set of R wrappers for GDAL, and > > we are at the point where we are starting to document the functions. > > Our R interface is designed to be VERY close to the GDAL command line > > utilities (we use the same parameter names, for instance), so I was > > wondering if it would be ok to use almost word-for-word the GDAL > > documentation of each of the parameters in our package's man files > > (this would save us an inordinate amount of time paraphrasing the docs > > for all of those functions). If this is ok, how should I cite the > > documentation properly? > > > > Cheers! Incidentally, the package is up on R-forge: > > https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/gdalutils/ > > > > --j > > > > -- > > Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD > > Assistant Professor > > Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory > > Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science > > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 > > 605 East Springfield Avenue > > Champaign, IL 61820-6371 > > Phone: 217-300-1924 > > http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ > > AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007 > > _______________________________________________ > > gdal-dev mailing list > > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD Assistant Professor Global Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (GEARS) Laboratory Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 259 Computing Applications Building, MC-150 605 East Springfield Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6371 Phone: 217-300-1924 http://www.geog.illinois.edu/~jgrn/ AIM: jgrn307, MSN: jgrn...@hotmail.com, Gchat: jgrn307, Skype: jgrn3007
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